those of them countedפְּקֻדֵיהֶםwereוַיִּהְיוּeight thousand five hundred eighty.שְׁמֹנַת אֲלָפִים וַחֲמֵשׁ מֵאוֹת וּשְׁמֹנִים
Numbers 4:48
Study it in the app“those of them counted were eight thousand five hundred eighty.”
With the Hebrew beneath
48
Numbers 4:48, word by word
- those of them countedפְּקֻדֵיpekude
count
To list a people, how many there are.
Where else “pekude” appears- wereיִּהְיוּyihyu
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “yihyu” appears- eight thousand five hundred eightyשְׁמֹנַתshemonat
eight
Eight; also "eighth".
Where else “shemonat” appears- eight thousand five hundred eightyאֲלָפִיםalafim
thousand
One thousand: a large, round number.
Where else “alafim” appears- eight thousand five hundred eightyחֲמֵשׁchamesh
five
Five.
Where else “chamesh” appears- eight thousand five hundred eightyמֵאוֹתmeot
hundred
The amount of one hundred; with other numbers it forms two hundred, three hundred and the rest.
Where else “meot” appears- eight thousand five hundred eightyשְׁמֹנִיםshemonim
eighty
Eighty.
Where else “shemonim” appears
The context
47from thirty years old and upward to fifty years old, everyone who entered to do the work of service and the work of carrying loads in the tent of meeting,
48 · This verse (above)
49According to the command of YHWH he counted them through Moses, each man according to his service and according to his load; so were those counted by him, as YHWH had commanded Moses.